Emergency GRACE Act
- Last Action
- 11/1/2022
Actions
- 2022-11-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2021-06-18Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-06-17Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-06-17Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-06-17Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-06-17Introduced in House
- 2021-06-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-17 (00)
Emergency Grants of Release And Compassion Effectively Act of 2021 or the Emergency GRACE Act
This bill sets forth provisions to prevent and limit the spread of COVID-19 in federal correctional facilities (e.g., prisons) and state prison systems.
Among the provisions, the bill
- expands access to temporary release on furlough and compassionate release for federal prisoners during a public health emergency;
- allows Medicaid payment for medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release; and
- requires federal correctional facilities, including contract facilities, to follow the procedures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
Additionally, the bill provides FY2021 and FY2022 supplemental appropriations to help state prison systems expand testing of inmates and facilitate the compassionate release of high-risk inmates. The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Aging
- Appropriations
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- HIV/AIDS
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
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